Iris warleyensis
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Iris warleyensis is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Scorpiris. It is a bulbous perennial.
It was first published by Michael Foster in 'Gardeners' Chronicle' Series 3, 261 of London' in 1902.[1]
Iris warleyensis is now the accepted name by the RHS.[2]
It was found in Bokhara in Eastern Turkestan in 1899, by a plant collector on behalf of the Van Tubergen nurseries in Haarlem, the Netherlands.[3] Mr Foster then named it after 'Great Warley', the renowned gardener Ellen Willmott garden in Essex.[4][5]
It was later mentioned in the RHS Journal (later known as The Garden) 91.f 159 in 1966.[6]
It is hardy to USDA Zone 3.[6] In the UK, it is best cultivated in an unheated greenhouse, alpine house or bulb frame.[7][8]
But it will grown in well-drained soils in any sunny spot that are not too wind-swept.[9][10]
Iris warleyensis and Iris bucharica can cross quite freely, and the seedlings are usually vigorous plants of the shape and stature of the latter species.[11]
Habit
Iris warleyensis is very similar in form to Iris orchioides and Iris bucharica. But differs in colour and has a white horn-like edge to the leaves.[4]
It has a bulb with a brown papery skin and thick storage roots.[8]
It grows to a height of between 20–45 cm (8–17.5 in) tall.[7][10]
In spring,[10] April (in the US),[5] it produces between 3 and 5 flowers.[7][11]
The flowers come in shades of blue, ranging from deep violet, purplish-blue,[4][6] summer-evening blue,[5] to pale lilac.[7] They are 5–7 cm (2–3 in) wide. Each fall has a darker blue apex and a yellow (or white)[6] stain or crest in the centre.[7] The blades curve down. The standards are deflexed, pale blue with a night-blue band in the centre,[5] and 1–2 cm long. The standards can also vary in shape, from narrowly linear to almost 3-lobed shaped.[6]
The leaves start as 1.5–3 cm wide at the base of the plant,[8][10] and appear at the end of the flowering time.[8] They are arching,[10] scattered, lance-shaped, channeled, mid green in colour,[7] with a white margin.[5] The can also grow up to 20 cm long.[10]
Iris warleyensis, Iris bucharica and Iris orchioides, all have cubiform seeds.[12] But warleyensis seeds have conspicuous cream coloured seam (known as a raphe) all the way down one side from top to bottom.[4]
Native
Iris warleyensis is native to Central Asia.[10] Found on the stony slopes of Pamir Mountains or Aman-Kutan mountains, South of Samarkand in Uzbekistan.[5][8][10]
Known hybrid
Iris warleyensis will hybridise readily.[13] Iris bucharica x iris warleyensis hybrids have yellow or greenish flowers bordered with green or brown patches.[12]
- Iris Warlsind (I. warleyensis X Iris aucheri)
Iris 'Warlsind' was created by a Dutch nurseryman called Thomas M. Hoog. It has standards that are white-pearl streaked with milk-blue. It also has bright yellow lozenges (with a yellow ridge), tipped with chocolate brown on its falls. It grows to a height of between 24–35 cm (10-14"). It is hardy in the US.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Iris". ipni.org (International Plant Names Index). p. 143. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ "Iris vicaria". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ Audrey Le Lièvre Miss Willmott of Warley Place: Her Life and Her Gardens at Google Books
- ^ a b c d Dykes, W.R. A handbook of Garden Irises. London: Martin Hopkinson Company Ltd. p. 60. ISBN 978-0913728086. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g "IRIS FLEUR-DE-LYS Iridaceae (Iris family)". www.hillkeep.ca. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey (Editors) The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification, p. 353, at Google Books
- ^ a b c d e f Brickell, Christopher, ed. (1996). RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-7513-0436-7.
- ^ a b c d e British Iris Society (1997)A Guide to Species Irises: Their Identification and Cultivation , p. 273, at Google Books
- ^ Dykes, W.R. A handbook of Garden Irises. London: Martin Hopkinson Company Ltd. p. 24. ISBN 978-0913728086. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Iris warleyensis". encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net. 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ a b Dykes, W.R. A handbook of Garden Irises. London: Martin Hopkinson Company Ltd. p. 24. ISBN 978-0913728086. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ a b Dykes, W.R. A handbook of Garden Irises. London: Martin Hopkinson Company Ltd. p. 89. ISBN 978-0913728086. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ Dykes, W.R. A handbook of Garden Irises. London: Martin Hopkinson Company Ltd. p. 27. ISBN 978-0913728086. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
External links
Media related to Iris warleyensis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Iris warleyensis at Wikispecies